diff --git a/cmd/new_test.go b/cmd/new_test.go
index e97d31b5..4c20195f 100644
--- a/cmd/new_test.go
+++ b/cmd/new_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestNewWithTaggedStyleCmd(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNewWithDoubleQuotedStyleCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
-	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "new b.c cat --style=doubleQuoted")
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "new b.c cat --style=double")
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestNewWithDoubleQuotedStyleCmd(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNewWithSingleQuotedStyleCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
-	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "new b.c cat --style=singleQuoted")
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, "new b.c cat --style=single")
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/write_test.go b/cmd/write_test.go
index c0d65604..db9c4a25 100644
--- a/cmd/write_test.go
+++ b/cmd/write_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestWriteWithDoubleQuotedStyleCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
 
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
-	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("write %s b.c cat --style=doubleQuoted", filename))
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("write %s b.c cat --style=double", filename))
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestWriteWithSingleQuotedStyleCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	defer test.RemoveTempYamlFile(filename)
 
 	cmd := getRootCommand()
-	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("write %s b.c cat --style=singleQuoted", filename))
+	result := test.RunCmd(cmd, fmt.Sprintf("write %s b.c cat --style=single", filename))
 	if result.Error != nil {
 		t.Error(result.Error)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/value_parser.go b/pkg/yqlib/value_parser.go
index 7df7637e..85a73635 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/value_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/value_parser.go
@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@ func (v *valueParser) Parse(argument string, customTag string, customStyle strin
 	var style yaml.Style
 	if customStyle == "tagged" {
 		style = yaml.TaggedStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "doubleQuoted" {
+	} else if customStyle == "double" {
 		style = yaml.DoubleQuotedStyle
-	} else if customStyle == "singleQuoted" {
+	} else if customStyle == "single" {
 		style = yaml.SingleQuotedStyle
 	} else if customStyle == "literal" {
 		style = yaml.LiteralStyle
 	} else if customStyle == "folded" {
 		style = yaml.FoldedStyle
+	} else if customStyle != "" {
+		log.Error("Unknown style %v, ignoring", customStyle)
 	}
 
 	if argument == "[]" {
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/value_parser_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/value_parser_test.go
index 9bc6b22d..a185999b 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/value_parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/value_parser_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ var parseStyleTests = []struct {
 }{
 	{"", 0},
 	{"tagged", yaml.TaggedStyle},
-	{"doubleQuoted", yaml.DoubleQuotedStyle},
-	{"singleQuoted", yaml.SingleQuotedStyle},
+	{"double", yaml.DoubleQuotedStyle},
+	{"single", yaml.SingleQuotedStyle},
 	{"folded", yaml.FoldedStyle},
 	{"literal", yaml.LiteralStyle},
 }